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Memorial

• 15 June (Roman Martyrology)
• 14 June (Greek calendar)
• 31 March on some calendars

Profile

Eighth-century BC shepherd at Koa near Bethlehem. Of himself he said, “I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.” One of the Old Testament Minor Prophets, the book of Amos is one long denunciation of evildoers.

Died

• scourged, and then an iron spike driven through his temples

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Amos the Prophet“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 May 2020. Web. 27 October 2021. <>